Iran's Ramadan: Behind the Canvas - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mehrnaz Samimi

Mehrnaz Samimi

Jul 30, 2013

Prayer beads are tied up on a religious symbol near a holy shrine during the month of Ramadan in northern Tehran August 4, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) - RTR2PMGN — Prayer beads are tied on a religious symbol near a holy shrine during the month of Ramadan in northern Tehran, Aug. 4, 2011. — REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

A vendor, selling corn, waits for customers after iftar, or the breaking of the fast meal in Beylikduzu, a district of Istanbul August 1, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY FOOD) - RTR2PJ7R

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Palestinians prepare food to be distributed for free during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Hebron June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RTX2FXLB

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An Iranian man dressed as the fictional folklore character Hajji Firuz performs on at a street in Tehran ahead of the Nowruz New Year festival

Iranians face dilemma as New Year and Ramadan coincide

Agence France-Presse

Muslim men eat iftar, or the evening meal, to break fast, at Tkiyet Um Ali, a humanitarian services center, in Amman, Jordan, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RTX2GGA9

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